It's no secret that breaches impact lots of people. But it may be shocking to learn just how many. Just ask people in the state of New York, a third of whom fell victim to cyberattacks in the past year. Attacks on businesses were so rampant that the government commissioned a report.

Cybercrime incidents are only set to get worse as companies continue to ignore the pervasive threat posed by virtual criminals, who in turn are operating with more sophistication and stealth every day.

This post was originally published on the CA Security Council blog. Code signing certificates from publicly trusted Certification Authorities (CAs) fulfill a vital need for authentication of software distributed over the Internet in our interconnected world. As the commonly referred to “Internet of things” continues to grow, consumers have access to millions of applications for their desktops, laptops, and mobile devices.

Entrust completed an internal test recently and was surprised by a warning from Google Chrome version 30. The test case has a Web server with a non-fully registered domain name (non-FQDN) and an SSL certificate from a publicly trusted certification authority (CA). The Chrome browser put an ‘X’ through the lock icon and a cross through ‘https.’ The warning states

This post was originally published on the CA Security Council blog. Code signing certificates from publicly trusted Certification Authorities (CAs) fulfill a vital need for authentication of software distributed over the Internet in our interconnected world. As the commonly referred to “Internet of things” continues to grow, consumers have access to millions of applications for their desktops, laptops, and mobile devices.

Entrust completed an internal test recently and was surprised by a warning from Google Chrome version 30. The test case has a Web server with a non-fully registered domain name (non-FQDN) and an SSL certificate from a publicly trusted certification authority (CA). The Chrome browser put an ‘X’ through the lock icon and a cross through ‘https.’ The warning states

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